Monday, December 10, 2007

Week 5 Blog Assignment DUE 12/14/07

Please make sure you are labeling your assignments and using a correct header at the top as described earlier

Sports Marketing-
look up the website: www.fathead.com. Check it out and answer the following quesitons
- what is the website selling
- what else besides merchandise are they "selling"
- what is the price range
- describe three uses for their products (check out their gallery for inspiration)
- would something like this work at the local level? why or why not

Advertising
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/business/media/01adco.html

Check out the article above. It talks about Walmart's advertising campaign for the holiday season 2007. Write a brief summary of the article. Answer the following
- Why is Walmart making saving money a good thing
-What economic factors happening right now would suggest that we should start thinking about saving money
-Give an example of one of their taglines. What does it mean? Will it work? Why or why not?


E-Commmerce
Towards the end of the week, we will be discussing starting your own online business. Please do some internet research and discuss with me (that means list and describe) five things that are important for starting an online business. I've researched this and there is tons of information out there. This should be an easy blog for you!!

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